2/2 Imp Ghost Wolf & 2/2 Spectral Transformation for that anti-snare/cc combo that we need to get out of shatter combos, stun locks, etc. in arena.

I didn't put any points into Toughness because even though Toughness increases your armor value, you really don't need the 50% reduction in duration on slowing effects, BECAUSE with instant gw and spectral transformation which gives you a 100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects, there wouldn't be a point to Toughness now would there? (In cases where if you can't get away in gw fast enough, just pop out and back into gw.)

Elemental Tree

NOTE: With spell and melee crit becoming one and all, it's better to spec into the ele tree to help max out dmg output.

3/3 Call of Flame for the Lava Burst dmg increase for when you pop your instant Lava Burst to make it hurt a lil more.

1/1 Elemental Focus is similar to Shamanistic focus but reduces DAMAGE and HEALING spells by 40% instead of just shocks by 60%. If elemental focus and shamanistic focus stacks, which I'm not sure of yet, it'll be nice to have shocks at the cost of NOTHING.

5/5 Call of Thunder for that 5% increase in crit for your Chain Lightning.

General background....my enh shaman has 31% crit and 1528 ap unbuffed in full pvp gear. He has 4/5 brutal and venge shoulders with venge weps and 5/5 guardian. The name is Frozenyogurt, too lazy to put up the armory link, sorry. lol

Re: Has anyone put together a good enhance build.

I'm still up in the air as to whether or not Ancestral Knowledge will be better than Enhancing Totems, or vice versa... given the current level of Int on my gear... AK would only be 20 AP.
I know it won't be the same at 80, but I haven't the foggiest idea of exactly how much Int they're gonna stack on mail in xpack.

Other things that are still up in the air are things like the stun effect on Imp Fire Nova Totem. First it was a stun (GOOD!) then it was a really good slow (good, but maybe not worth the deep dive into elemental), and now hearing it's a stun again.

I'm still a fan of Static Shock. I know it's not the most impressive talent in all the land, but I use Lightning Shield a good deal in pvp, and I like the idea that LS will have a little longevity to it. The extra little ticks of dmg are nice as well. The only reason I can think of not speccing this is to use the extra points to get at Imp Fire Nova Totem, should it keep it's stun proc.

Re: Has anyone put together a good enhance build.

You'll miss alot of dps if you're going to specc this way. Since Spell Crit and Melee/Ranged Crit is now 1 stat: Critical strike rating, you'll be doing alot of crits with shocks also. I suggest picking Elemental Devastation so when you crit with a spell you get 3/6/9% more Meleecrit for 10 sec aswell. This way your Maelstrom weapon will stack up way faster. Then use Flameshock, which gives you a pretty big chance to crit again, and this way you'll keep the Elemental Devastation buff up. After Maelstrom Weapon has stacked up and you've placed a Flameshock on the target you should use Lavaburst which is instant thanks to the Maelstrom Weapon now, and also 100% crit chance because Flameshock is on the target.

For the best dps you should take the 12/59/0 build as I posted before:

This build leaves 4 points left to spend, with my personal preference of them going into Spectral transformation and Improved Ghostwolf, or into Convection for more mana effecieny - perhaps necessary if potion sickness is sticking around. However, shamanistic focus and elemental focus should reduce costs of spells enough. What should also be noted about his build is that it makes use of the totem inprovements, which are necessary for the buffing of raids, and that it assumes Feral spirit's raid utility.

The second build I'm considering which I shall admit is widely experimental is as follows:

I posted a similar build to this on the shaman forums some time ago, and the highlight of it is the talent elemental fury, which increases your critical spell damage bonus by 100%. There are in my opinion, two real sacrifices with such a build, and several smaller ones. Firstly you lose 2% weapon hit (it was either that, 10% spell damage from AP, or Shamanistic rage). Secondly you lose Feral spirit. Smaller sacrifices include the loss of the buffs to totems. However, the increased damage from spells may be worth it, especially given the new gear and crit system.

Re: Has anyone put together a good enhance build.

some nice ideas on this thread...i like the idea of the Flame Shock/Lava Burst rotation to add a bit more involvement to raiding as Enh.
Good job Blizzard. Also like the new GW improvements....at last we get some kite/anti-kite talents (i know Toughness is good too).
Only thing thats missing, that i was hoping to see, was some kind of 2h pvp talents. I miss the old Pre-TBC 2h Enh Shaman BGS with my Unstoppable Force!...maybe a 40% WF proc rate on 2h with 2sec WF CD? As it stand 2h is still pretty much dead.

Re: Has anyone put together a good enhance build.

Coming from an Enhancement Shaman who does nothing but pvp and arena, this spec will be THE pvp spec if the talents stay the same. There are 2 talent points that you could throw anywhere, and that would be 1 in Tidal Force, and 1 in Static Shock.

Re: Has anyone put together a good enhance build.

You should really get Elemental Devastation for PvP..since spell/melee/ranged crit will be the same. You will be having around 30% melee and spell crit all the time as Enh with some reasonable gear. You will be using alot of Flameshocks and Instant Lava burst (100% crit with Flameshock) because of Maelstrom Weapon. So you will be having 9% extra melleecrit almost constantly.

Re: Has anyone put together a good enhance build.

Originally Posted by Enhancement

Coming from an Enhancement Shaman who does nothing but pvp and arena, this spec will be THE pvp spec if the talents stay the same. There are 2 talent points that you could throw anywhere, and that would be 1 in Tidal Force, and 1 in Static Shock.

Re: Has anyone put together a good enhance build.

Originally Posted by Balduvian

You'll miss alot of dps if you're going to specc this way. Since Spell Crit and Melee/Ranged Crit is now 1 stat: Critical strike rating, you'll be doing alot of crits with shocks also. I suggest picking Elemental Devastation so when you crit with a spell you get 3/6/9% more Meleecrit for 10 sec aswell. This way your Maelstrom weapon will stack up way faster. Then use Flameshock, which gives you a pretty big chance to crit again, and this way you'll keep the Elemental Devastation buff up. After Maelstrom Weapon has stacked up and you've placed a Flameshock on the target you should use Lavaburst which is instant thanks to the Maelstrom Weapon now, and also 100% crit chance because Flameshock is on the target.

For the best dps you should take the 12/59/0 build as I posted before:

Except for best dps a PvP snare removing talent is completely useless?

I also don't understand why everyone is getting over-excited and maxing Ancestral Knowledge. With rough estimations we're going to be looking at 400 Int tops buffed in WotLK raids, thats a grand total of 40 Int and thus AP. I'm looking at people skipping the Enhancing Totems talent to max this, when you're going to gain alot more from the Enhancing Totems.